Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle
Final

Rank
Lane
Name
Nationality
Time
Notes
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4
Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Netherlands
24.05
OR
-
5
Aliaksandra Herasimenia
Belarus
24.28
NR
-
3
Marleen Veldhuis
Netherlands
24.39
-
4
6
Britta Steffen
Germany
24.46
-
5
2
Francesca Halsall
Great Britain
24.47
-
6
8
Therese Alshammar
Sweden
24.61
-
7
1
Jessica Hardy
United States
24.62
-
8
7
Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace
Bahamas
24.69
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Question: Which 2 competitors had times closest to each other?
Answer: Britta Steffen from Germany beat Francesca Halsall from Great Britain by 0.01, and Therese Alshammar from Sweden also beat Jessica Hardy from the United States by 0.01.